Title

Allegorical figure of the Aboriginal discoverer of clay in the regions of the Andes.

Source

Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria, Vol.4, 1860

Page or Plate number

p.l

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1859

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

wood engraving, printed in black ink, from one block

Support

white wove paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions

Subject description

A specimen of wood-engraving on Australian wood

IRN

151993

Accession number

2011.1472.10

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2011/2012 (2011-10-25)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Peter Arnold Antiquarian Books, Melbourne, 2011

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book